Is Houllebecq worth reading? Where should I start?

FEW TIMES I BEEN AROUND THAT TRACK
SO IT AINT JUST GONNA HAPPEN LIKE THAT
CAUSE THERE AINT NO HOULLEBECQ GIRL

File: passion003.jpg (41KB, 338x425px) Image search: [Google]

41KB, 338x425px

>>8726848
NICE

i like him, though a lot of the books are sorta samey
>depressed rich and successful middle aged man has sex with hot chix
the map and the territory is my fave tbqhwya

Whatever and The Elementary Particles (Atomised if you're British). Then, read Platform if you want more on sex-related issues or anything else for other themes, notably Submission.

File: 1444639459460.jpg (312KB, 1594x2578px)

312KB, 1594x2578px

>>8726714
>Is Houllebecq worth reading? Where should I start?

Yes.

>>8726714
Yes. Start with Whatever.

>>8726714
Yeah he really is, explores the themes that obsess this forum in interesting detail

File: houellebecqtriumphant.png (222KB, 400x600px) Image search: [Google]

222KB, 400x600px

Whatever > Atomised > Platform > Submission.

Then just read the rest.

It get's less depressing from start to finish.

>>8726714
He is sometimes boring with digressions.

Yes, but start and finish with Huysmans